Ali Akbar Moinfar, Iran's first oil minister, was a man whose life fluctuated between earthquake science and oil politics; a figure who was both dubbed the father of Iranian earthquake engineering and whose name was immortalized in the history of the oil industry.

The more than two-decade-old contract to export 10 billion cubic meters of Iranian gas annually to Turkey expires in mid-2026, but unlike in the past, there is no sign of Ankara's willingness to extend it this time. This is an issue that experts see as not only a threat to the country's gas revenue, but also a danger to Iran's geopolitical position in the region.

The publication of a strange news item by the international media outlet "TankerTrackers" stating that Iranian tankers' trackers have been turned on after seven and a half years has inflamed the oil scene. A claim that some experts consider a sign of "shadow government" interference and an attempt to create a crisis and new pressure on the new government. But what is the story?